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Do the Right Thing. Do the Right Thing. Spike Lee. By Steve Suitts Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 26 A scene late in Spike Lee’s movie, Do Thc Right Thing, depicts white firefighters trying to hose down the blazes
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Land of the Free By Leslie W. Dunbar Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 1-5 In the New York Times on July 14, Vaclav Havel called for a continued American “presence” in Europe, as a “guarantee of peace and stability.”
A mythical vision of a non-meddling military Reviewed by Charles Bussey Vol. 14, No. 2, 1992, pp. 25-27 Negative Intelligence: The Army and the American Left, 1917-1941 by Roy Talbert, Jr. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1991, xiv, 303 pages).
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Life in the Fortress: An Interview with Mary Edwards Wertsch By Ellen Spears Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 16-20 Ellen Spears: What makes Military Brats so powerful at its core is your own experience as a military daughter. Speaking
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The FBI’s Judicial Agenda Reviewed by Cindy Adcock-Steffey Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 27-28 Cloak and Gavel: FBI Wiretaps, Bugs, Informers and the Supreme Court, by Alexander Charns (University of Illinois Press, 1992, xviii, 206 pages). In Cloak and
Blood On Our Hands Reviewed by Stetson Kennedy Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 22-24 Terror in the Night, by Jack Nelson (Simon & Schuster, 1993, 287 pages). What Stalingrad was to World War II, Mississippi was to the Overcoming;
Guilty as Charged By Elaine Davenport Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 8-11 In closing arguments at the January 27-February 5 trial of Byron de la Beckwith for the 1963 murder of Medgar Evers, Hinds County, Mississippi Assistant District Attorney
The Six New Witnesses By Elaine Davenport Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 10-11 Highlights from the testimony of the six new witnesses in the Byron de la Beckwith trial, in the order in which they appeared before the court:
Rosewood Massacre Survivors Win By Ellen Spears Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, p. 12 Descendants of the black residents of Rosewood, Florida and survivors of the massacre that left at least eight dead and destroyed the town more than seventy
Black Southern Churches Under Fire By Barry E. Lee Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 11-13 Historically, the church has been the “soul of the black community,” says the Reverend Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Since